I ran across a fascinating article on how much parents lie to their children, even while teaching their kids that lying is wrong. Turns out lots of people do this, and the researchers called it Pinocchio Parenting.
The whole thing was quite an eye-opener to me, as I hadn’t considered all the possible situations [...]

I was randomly watching a morning news program several months ago and saw an interview with Stephen Covey that fascinated me. He was talking about building relationships with children, and the specific point he made was to never break a promise.
“No sweat,” I thought to myself. I don’t have a problem in this [...]